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I. V. BLISS.

OOMBINED HIGH CHAIR AND. CARRIAGE.

N0. 301,62. Pented July 8,1884;

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, UNITED STATES rricsi PATENT IRVING V. BLISS, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN,ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO THE MILWAUKEE CHAIR COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

COMBINEDHIGH CHAIR AND CARRIAGE SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 301,662, dated July 8, 1884-.

Application filed January 12, 1884. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Invnvc V. BLIss, a citizen of the United States,residing at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State ofWisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in CombinedHigh Chairs and Carriages; and Ido hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanyin g drawings, and to theletters or figures of reference marked thereon,which form a part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in that class of combined highchairs and carriages for which Letters Patent'No. 217 ,341

were issued July 3, 187 9, to Franklin Ohichester, in which wheels areattached to rollerbars affixed to the short legs of the chair.

Heretofore it hasbeen common, when converting a high chair to aroller-chair, to invert the rear legs, whereby they were adapted toserve as handlcsin the rear of the seat. By

my improvement said rear legs are maintained in a vertical position atall times, both when used as handles and as legs, and when changed fromone position to the other are simply moved upward-or downward in aver- 0tical direction through slots or guideways; and

my invention pertains to the device for adjusting and holding the rearlegs and the connections for folding the front legs, said rear legsbeing adapted to serve the twofold purpose of legs when used as a highchair and handles when used as a roller-chair, and when so adjusted ashandles being more compact and convenient than heretofore.

My invention is explained herein and by 0 reference to the accompanyingdrawings, which I are hereby made a part of this specification,

and in which- Figure l is a side view of the high chair. Fig. 2 is avertical section of the same. Fig.

3 is a side view of the roller-chair, and Fig. 4

is a vertical section of the same. I

Like letters refer to similar parts in the several figures.

The roller-bars A A are secured to lower 5o ends of legs ofroller-chair, substantially as braces E, which braces are pivoted tosaid front shown in said Patent No. 217,341. The front legs, 13, areattached to the front ends of said roller-bars A by hinge J. The rearends of roller-bars are provided with slots 0, for the reception of therear legs, D. The front and rear legs are connected by the brace-rods E,the ends of the brace-rods E being permanently attached to the rounds Fand G, the ends of which rounds are free to turn in the front and rearlegs as said legs are folded.

When my chair is unfolded and used as a high chair, the upper ends ofthe rear legs, I), engage beneath the rear edge of the seat H, and areretained by the hook I, which engages in staple L in the upper round, orsome equivalent device, while the front legs, B, are

prevented from being inclined rearward by the brace-rods E.

When desirous of folding the chair, the hook I being released, the upperends of the legs D are drawn back from beneath the edge of the seat Hand upward from the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2 to that shown inFigs. 3 and 4, whereby the front legs are folded back in a horizontalposition against the under side of the roller-bars, and thus suspendedby the brace-rods E, and said legs and. folding parts are retained inthe position shown in Figs. 3 and 4 by the said hook I, which engages ina staple, K, affixed to the lower round.

I Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a convertible high and roller chair, the combination, with thechair-frame, of the front legs, 13, rear legs, D, and bracesE, saidfront legs, B, beinghingedat their upper ends to the lower front part ofthe chair-frame, and

being niovably attached to the rear legs, 1), by

0 and rear legs, said rear legs being free to move vertically throughways provided therefor at the lower rear part of said chair-frame,substantially as set forth.

2. In that class of rollerchairs provided 5 with horizontal roller-bars,the combination, with the chair-frame and roller-bars, of the frontlegs, B, hinged at their upper ends to the front ends of saidroller-bars, bracerods E, pivoted at their front ends to the legs B,

the front ends of said roller-bars, said rounds F and G being looselyfitted in their bearings in said front and rear legs, in which they turnas said legs are folded, substantially as and for 15 the purposespecified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

IRVING V. BLISS.

WVitnesses:

O. T. BENEDICT, JAS. B. ER'WIN.

